Telescope bag



(No Model.)

J. W. BEYER.

. TELESCOPE BAG.

No 412,909. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

Wi [n 2,5,5 25 W4 UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

TELESCOPE BAG.

Application filed July 1 9, 18 89.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB W. BEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sch enectady, in the county of Schenectady, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Telescope Bags, of which'the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in satchels and traveling-bags; and the object of my invention is to provide a telescope bag which may be opened by separating laterally the two sections of the upper or enveloping portions of the bag. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the bag closed, and Fig. 2 a perspective view showing the bag open; Fig. 3, an end elevation showing one side of the bag open, and Fig. 4: an enlarged view of the clasp.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views.

The telescope bag, as ordinarily constructed, is composed of two canvas, leather, or pa per boxes, the one larger than the other, the larger placed over the smaller, and the two held together by straps placed around them. In order to open the bag, the larger section must be lifted off from the lower section, and the contents of the bag, when piled above the rim of the lower section, have a tendency to adhere to the sides of the upper section, and often fall out or fall down, causing annoyance. Considerable space is necessarily utilized in opening the ordinary telescope bag, because the upper portion must be placedbeside the lower portion, since they are attached by straps, after it has been removed. I obviate these objections to the telescope bag by my invention, which I now proceed to describe.

The lower section B of my bag is similar to that of the ordinary telescope bag. The upper portion A is divided laterally into two sections connected at the lower portion of each end by the bar 1'. Said bar r is provided with the slots n, through which the pins 0 c one on each side of the adjoining ends of the sections A A pass, to which bar they are secured, and along which slots said pins are n1ov able. These pins 0 c are so connected to the SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,909, dated October 15, 1889.

Serial No. 317,997. (No model.)

bar rand movable in said slots at that the adjoining sections AAmay be brought together, as shown in Fig. 1, or one of the sections may be opened and laid down beside thelower section B, as shown in Fig. 3, or both sections may be opened, as shown in Fig. 2. It is apparent at a glance that the upper section may be raised to admit of the contents being placed higher than the top of the side of the lower section B, as in the ordinary telescope bag.

I do not intend to limit myself to the use of the slotted bar 1' as the medium of connection between the adjoining sections of the enveloping port-ions of my bag, since there are many mechanical arrangements that may be utilized for the purpose of performing the result attained by the use of the bar. The top of one of the upper sections A of the bag is made to overlap the adjoining edge of the top of the other section, the overlapping edge passing into the catch (1, secured to the opposite section near its edge, as shown in Fig. at. The catch cl may be made of any suitable material, usually of metal, and in any convenient form. I prefer to use a metallic plate provided with two parallel surfaces, one above the other, the lower one attached to the top of the bag, with the opening toward the overlapping section, into which passes the adjoining edge of that section.

To the top of the overlapping section A and above the catch (Z, I secure, by means of suitable rivets, the handle h, which is usually constructed of leather. By this arrangement of the catch and handle the strain upon lifting the bag is distributed evenly throughout both of the sections of the upper portion of the bag. Around the entire bag I place the straps s, which securely and firmly hold together the different parts of the bag.

My telescope bag is extremely simple in its construction, and is very convenient for the use of the traveling public. It has all the advantages of the ordinary telescope bag, being capable of opening to a considerable distance, and therefore capable of receiving and containing a large quantity of goods, and at the same time it can be opened partly or entirely without causing the contents of the bag to fall down, or making it necessary to have a large space in which to open the bag. It is inexpensive and does the work required of it very satisfactorily.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A telescope bag composed of a lower oblong-shaped box open at the top, with a larger oblong-shaped box open at the bottom passing partly over the smaller box, the said upper box being divided laterally into two sections connected near the lower part of each end by means of pins passing through the ends near the adjacent edges into a longitudinal slot in a connecting-bar, said upper por tion capable of being separated and opened by passing off from the lower box on each side, substantially as described.

2. A telescope bag composed of a lower oblong-shaped box open at the top, with a larger oblong-shaped box open at the bottom passing partly over the smaller box, the said upper box being divided laterally into two sections connected near the lower part of each end by means of pins passing through the ends near the adjacent edges into alongitudinal slot in a connecting-bar, the edge of one of the sections of the top overlapping the adjacent edge of the other section, substantially as described.

3. A telescope bag composed of a lower oblong-shaped box open at the top, with a larger oblong-shaped box open at the bottom passing partly over the smaller box, the said upper box being divided laterally into two sections connected near the lower part of each end by means of pins passing through the ends near the adjacent edges into a longitudinal slot in a connecting-bar, the adjoining edge of the top of one section overlapping and resting upon the edge of the other section, the said overlapping edge passing into a clasp composed of a metallic plate provided with two parallel horizontal surfaces attached to the section opposite the overlapping edge, with a handle attached to the upper portion of the bag, all substantially as described.

4. A telescope bag composed of alower oblong-shaped box open at the top, with a larger oblong-shaped box open at the bottom passing partly over the smaller box, the said upper box being divided laterally into two sections connected near the lower part of each end by means of pins passing through the ends near the adjacent edges into a longitudinal slot in a connecting-bar, with the straps passing around both upper and lower parts of the bag, substantially as described. 

